are also issues surrounding to what extent
an organization can play “Big Brother” to
its employees’ digital habits.
With such a tough-to-navigate legal
landscape, we thought it would be relevant
to bring you an issue of HR Professional
that discusses the basics as to what’s al-lowed
and what’s off-limits (and what’s
open to interpretation) in terms of
workplace privacy. Read our cover fea-ture,
researched and written by Melissa
Campeau, starting on page 18. If your or-ganization
doesn’t have a privacy policy in
effect, the article can be a starting point as
to what you need to start thinking about.
Over the course of the summer, the
Editorial Advisory Board and I have been
planning topics to cover in HR Professional
in 2015. If you have a suggestion as to
what you’d like to read about, please feel
free to send me an email. This is your mag-azine,
and by providing your feedback, we
can ensure that every issue that lands on
your desk is exactly what you’d like to see.
Lastly, a note regarding Canada’s An-ti-
Spam Legislation – it’s been an endless
topic of discussion over the last few
months, and I hope the road to compli-ance
hasn’t been too bumpy for you or
your organization. For those of you who
would like to email me about relevant HR
news, article ideas and submissions or to
send me feedback or questions about HR
Professional magazine, HRPAToday.ca
or any of the magazine’s social media ac-counts,
please consider this my express
consent that I am interested in hearing
from you at any time. ■
Happy reading,
Jill Harris
P: 866-953-2182
E: jharris@lesterpublications.com
tips from the experts
How can you be assertive without damaging relationships?
The trick is to be soft on the people, hard on the problem. It doesn’t
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How can you become more persuasive?
Strangely enough, the most persuasive thing you can do is to be
open to be persuaded. It sounds illogical, but when you think about
it, it’s not. If you want someone to be open to be persuaded by you,
you have to be open to be persuaded by them.
When someone takes a position and doesn’t budge, what
can you do?
Try to change the focus away from positions and on to interests. A
position is just a means to an end. An interest is the end. If you can
find out what people’s interests are, you can get a better deal than if
you just accept their position.
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